Windows Phone 7 Series faces off against its Windows Mobile past

Windows Mobile 6.5

Windows Mobile 6.5.3

Windows Phone 7 Series

If you couldn’t tell from the chart above, the “differences” between Windows Phone 7 Series and Windows Mobile of yore (last week) are rather hard to quantify: it’s like comparing a bed with an oven. Two very different things, for two very different purposes. Windows Mobile has had a justifiable position in the realm of business, and will probably continue to maintain a legacy install base for some time to come, but it’s pretty safe to say that the days of Windows Mobile as a consumer-facing OS are rapidly coming to an end. Bring on the new!

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